Monday, December 28, 2015

Miranda Lambert Wears Fur Coat, Get Roasted by PETA

As if Miranda Lambert is not suffering enough these days as a result of Blake Shelton dating Gwen Stefani, the singer is now in trouble for simply showing off a Christmas present she received last week.



That’s because the present in question is a fur coat.


The 32-year-old country crooner shared a photo on her Instagram account on Saturday, one that depicts herself all bundled up in one of two warm family heirlooms she received as presents from her grandmother.


“‘I’m so fancy… You already know,"” Lambert wrote as a caption to the image, quoting Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX’s smash 2014 song and adding:


“My Nonny gave me two of her fur coats! I definitely know where I got my love for DIAMONDS, FUR and WHISKEY!”


Lambert also included the hashtags “#familytradition #grandmastreasures #besthandmedownever #wandathewanderer #bringitwinter,” along with a picture of said grandmother.



But PETA didn’t care much for his Lambert family tradition.


Wrote Senior Vice President Lisa Lange in a scathing statement to E! News:


“We had higher hopes. Since Miranda rescues dogs, we always thought she could see that whether fur comes from a mink, a fox, or a dog or a cat in China, the source is always a gentle animal who did not want to die.”


It is true that Lambert is a well-known animal lover.


She recently celebrated her 32nd birthday by riding around on a horse dressed up like a unicorn.


Heck, she and her mother are co-founders of the MuttNation Foundation, which aims to “end animal cruelty, neglect and homelessness,” supporting shelters and promoting pet adoption events and spay and neuter campaigns.


But it’s also true that Lambert has shared photos and video in the past of her hunting with ex-husband Blake Shelton.


So perhaps Miranda is a fan of some types of animals, but not all types of animals.


She’s a complicated woman and, unlike PETA, we’re going to choose not to kick her when she’s already down.